Coprescription of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Western Medications among Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

Table 4

Top ten most common Western medications and Chinese herbal medications used in coprescription of claims with diagnosis code of prostate cancer.

Rank	Western medications (𝑛=1532)			Chinese herbal medications (𝑛=1146)
	Products (compound)	𝑛	%	Products; (Chinese name)	Ingredients (Latin name)	𝑛	%
1	Cyproterone acetate	70	4.6	Bai Mao Gen	Rhizoma Imperatae Cylindricae	40	3.5
2	Tamsulosin	63	4.1	Ma Zi Ren Wan	Fructus Cannabis, Radix Paeoniae, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, Semen Armeniaccae Amarum	35	3.1
3	Magnesium oxide	60	3.9	Da Huang	Radix et Rhizoma Rhei	31	2.7
				Sheng Di Huang	Radix Rehmanniae	31	2.7
4	Imipramine	50	3.3	Zuo Gui Wan	Radix Rehmanniae, Glutinosae Conquitae, Fructus Corni Officinalis, Fructus Lycii, Colla Cornus Cervi, Semen Cuscutae Chinensis, Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae, Colla Carapacis et Plastri Testudinis, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae	29	2.5
5	Terazosin	49	3.2	Niu Xi	Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae	28	2.4
6	Leuprolide acetate	43	2.8	Che Qian Zi	Semen Plantaginis	27	2.4
7	Tolterodine L-tartrate	40	2.6	Yu Mi Xu	Stigma Maydis	26	2.3
				Zhu Ru	Caulis Bambusae in Taeniis	26	2.3
8	Doxazosin	34	2.2	Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan	Ramulus Cinnamomi, Sclerotium Poriae Cocos, Cortex Moutan Radicis, Semen Persicae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra	26	2.3
9	Sennoside	30	2.0	Gui Lu Er Xian Jiao	Colla Carapacis et Plastri Testudinis, Colla Cornus Cervi, Fructus Lycii, Radix Ginseng	23	2.0
10	Alfuzosin	29	1.9	Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang	Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Radix Cyathulae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Semen Persicae, Radix et Rhizoma Clematidis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Gelatinum Plastri Testudinis, Poria, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens	22	1.9